My parents would attest that I was born a geek. I started taking gadgets apart at the age of two! I was fortunate to come of age at the dawn of the home computer and video game revolution of the late 1970s and early 1980s. A favorite pastime for me now is computer history... not only the technology but the companies, people and their stories. There are simply no better gadgets for gadget lovers than these older software and hardware systems, and rescuing them has a low carbon footprint.

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Stacks of Computer Publications...

www.bombjack.org/commodore

DLH's Commodore Archive - I can not overstate what a wonderful resource this is for documentation on everything that is Commodore. If you have not seen this huge site, it's worth mentioning again here now. The DVD archives for sale are exceptional, too, and the best way to get everything in one go! Please support this resource for the community of users and contributors by scanning/mailing in any missing documents you may have.

Ebook and Texts Archive > The Computer Magazine ArchivesThis rapidly growingcollection consists of dozens of magazine runs, digitized from
fading piles of older magazines by an army of anonymous contributors. In
some cases, quality is variant, due to the rareness of the issues.
With the re-branding of computing power
and machines as something welcome in the home and not just the workshop,
a number of factors moved forth to sell these machines and their
software to a growing and large group of customers. Besides the
introduction of more elegant cases and an increased presence by larger
and larger firms, a strong argument can be made that one of the forces
was the proliferation of computer-related magazines and newsletters that
gave a central, printed home for writing about computers.
Rising from user support groups, computer companies themselves, and
publishing houses willing to risk cash and time to fund them, these
magazines set the stage for the home computer revolution. This collection is primarily of computer magazines written in the English language, but there are some additional collections in other languages.

atarimagazines.com

The Classic Computer Magazine Archive is a small crusade to make information from old computer
magazines available on the Web. The site was launched July 27, 1996 with the name "Digital Antic
Project" and the goal of putting the full
text of Antic magazine online. They met that goal on September 17, 2000,
then turned their attention to
Antic's sister magazine, STart. In July 2001, they finished putting the
full text of STart magazine online, and began work
on Creative Computing. They have also received permission to include
articles from Compute!, Hi-Res, Antic Amiga Plus,
Whiz Kids, II Computing, and other classic computer magazines. It was
clear that the name "Digital Antic Project" was becoming increasingly
inaccurate, so in July 2001, the name of the project was changed to
Classic Computer Magazine Archive. The head of the project, Kevin Savetz,
has received permission from the magazines' publishers to make the material available on the Internet for free.

by Steve Ditlea

atariarchives.orgis The Classic Computer Magazine Archive's sister site. It makes books, information, and software for Atari and
other classic computers available on the Web. Everything there is available with
permission of the copyright holders.

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There you can read, Digital Deli, The Comprehensive, User-Lovable Menu of Computer Lore, Culture, Lifestyles and Fancy by The Lunch Group & Guests Edited by Steve Ditlea and published 1984. Highly recommended!

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